Miami ‘sovereign citizen’ gets 485 years in prison for raping teen

[Jeffrey]

Title gives it away:

A Miami man who claims to be a “sovereign citizen” must serve a whopping 485 years in prison for repeatedly raping a 16-year-old and forcing her to cut herself as a form of punishment.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c ... 97215.html

[exiledscouser]

I bet he wishes he had been convicted in the UK - he'd only have to serve half that sentence.

I see that he 'had never lived in the US' and has 'has no intention' of ever living in that country.

Wish Granted!

He will forever more be a citizen of his own little walled city, just like the Vatican in some ways, as a guest of the Dade County Correctional Department.

For the rest of his life.

[SteveUK]

And almost inevitably "All the lawsuits have failed."

[wserra]

Were it not for the nature of the stuff of which Bowens was convicted, I'd say that there was comedy gold in them thar hills.

1 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2013-cv-22505 550 07/12/2013 08/22/2013
2 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2013-cv-21704 530 05/10/2013 06/10/2013
3 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2014-cv-21863 550 05/20/2014 12/23/2014
4 Bowens, E-yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-23575 550 10/01/2012 12/01/2015
5 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2014-cv-21573 550 04/30/2014 06/11/2014
6 Bowens, E-yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-23696 550 10/11/2012 09/11/2014
7 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-20237 550 01/20/2012 02/21/2012
8 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2015-cv-23959 530 10/22/2015 11/24/2015
9 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2013-cv-22702 550 07/29/2013 08/20/2013
10 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-21464 550 04/18/2012 06/29/2012
11 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2014-cv-21545 550 04/30/2014 06/25/2014
12 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2013-cv-22506 550 07/12/2013 08/14/2013
13 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-20621 530 02/15/2012 04/23/2012
14 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-21421 530 04/16/2012 05/14/2012
15 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2013-cv-23341 530 09/16/2013 10/15/2013
16 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-23456 550 09/21/2012 11/29/2012
17 BOWENS, E-YAGE (pet) flndce 1:2015-cv-00278 530 12/28/2015
18 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2015-cv-22255 440 06/15/2015 08/28/2015
19 BOWENS, E-YAGE (pet) flndce 4:2015-cv-00494 530 10/15/2015 10/20/2015
20 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2014-cv-23639 530 10/01/2014 11/12/2014
21 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2012-cv-20027 550 01/04/2012 04/05/2012
22 Bowens, E-Yage (pla) flsdce 1:2015-cv-22259 550 06/15/2015 08/28/2015

I only have time for one example: Bowens repeatedly refers to himself as "a de jure extranational Alien, who is domiciled, ab initio, within the private sector, who is a legalis homo rectus in curia, in propria persona, with full and complete standing, sui potens".

I don't dare even guess what a "homo rectus in curia" is. But it can't be a good thing, especially in jail.

[Hanslune]

I don't dare even guess what a "homo rectus in curia" is. But it can't be a good thing, especially in jail.

-upright in the court : free from charge or impeachment : competent to participate in litigation and entitled to the benefit of law- that is for recturs in curia not sure how 'homo' fits in but refers to himself - I guess, ie 'he is upright in court...or som'thin.

[Chaos]

I think there was a joke in there.

[The Observer]

I don't dare even guess what a "homo rectus in curia" is.

I am thinking he misspelled homo erectus. But I have to admire someone who at least admits that he is farther down on the evolutionary ladder than the rest of us:

[Pottapaug1938]

I don't dare even guess what a "homo rectus in curia" is.

I am thinking he misspelled homo erectus. But I have to admire someone who at least admits that he is farther down on the evolutionary ladder than the rest of us:

"Homo rectus" is what comes from trying to use ten-dollar words with a ten-cent mind.

[notorial dissent]

I can't remember, do double negatives count and how in Latin?

I think this one is a candidate for vex lit status, as well as the psych ward.

I think there was a joke in there.

I think the joke is in jail.

I agree with Observer on the identification, fitting too.

This one is really creepy with a capital K and just Eewwww!

[bmxninja357]

Guess he is now somewhere he will learn how you treat others is how they will treat you.

All the way from sovcit to sodcit....

Bummer for him.
Ninj